Providing a "solid base" is not a vision

Providing a "solid base" is not a vision

Posted Jul 26, 2007 8:21 UTC (Thu) by tv (subscriber, #32991)
Parent article: Fedora's mid-life crisis

Maybe, instead, Fedora wants to be a solid base upon which others can create finished distributions, much like the role Debian plays for Ubuntu.

Debian provides a "finished distribution" all right, just because Ubuntu and others found it a good base to work off doesn't say much about Debian's vision. Sure, some work to make those derivatives (in particular Custom Debian Distros a la Skolelinux) easier, but it isn't the central goal - nor do I think can it be for a community distribution - to deliver mere raw material.

Who wants to hack on a distribution one is not going to be running?

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